According to Comptes Rendus, 56-972, on April 30, May 1 and May 2 [year?], a fall occurred of a reddish to yellowish substance in France and Spain. It was not pollen, but “carbonized and spread the odor of charred animal matter,” and “left a residue of resinous matter” in alcohol. Fort estimates that hundreds of thousands of tons of it must have … [Read more...] about An aerial battle several hundred years ago
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As large as the light at Girdleness
On Dec. 10, 1881, three men left from Bath in the balloon Saladin. The balloon descended at Bridport on the coast of the English channel and two of the men got out. The balloon shot up into the air with one man, Walter Powell, still on board, and was apparently lost. However, reports came in about a luminous object seen on the evening of the 13th, according to the London Times, … [Read more...] about As large as the light at Girdleness